End of the Black Kingdom

Era beginning/end

The Black King Elwëdorf and his Trident is slain by Dale and Aïnule. The Black King's kingdom falls into the hands of his greedy governers. They war against each other in an era of successor states.

Dale slew the Black King and Aïnule helped kill the Trident. Inisfail was slain shortly after in a bloody battle. After the death of the dark lord the region was split up into successor states, each ruled by a tyrannical elven oligarchy. The kingdoms of the good high elves and wood elves were far too weak after their feud with Elwëdorf to contest with these successor states, and were forced to pay tributes if their kingdom's magic was not so great as to hide them entirely.